Rin rested limply against Kyousuke as they sat on his bed. He rested his cheek on her face, stroking her long hair. This was different to their usual meetings conducted in secret. After yesterday, everything had changed.
Kyousuke thought back to that moment, remembering the look of horror and betrayal on Riki's face, and a lump formed in his throat. He couldn't stop thinking about it, that pained look on his best friend's face. Kyousuke had never wanted to hurt anyone.
"Did we do something wrong?" Rin's voice broke the suffocating silence hanging over both of them.
Kyousuke pondered it for a moment. Maybe according to society, yes, they had indeed done something wrong. It might not have been outright illegal, but it was still somewhat taboo. Still, he didn't want to think of what they had been doing as wrong in any way. "No," he said finally, "we didn't do anything wrong. We fell in love, and chose this path even knowing what the consequences could be."
"Now Riki hates us," Rin murmured. "I wish he hadn't had to find out what we were doing."
"I know." Kyousuke heaved a great sigh. "We screwed up." He almost thought it might have been better if they had never done any of this in the first place, but he forced back those ill thoughts before they could take root in his mind. He had known what he was doing from the start, he wasn't going to regret it now. "Rin, you don't regret any of this, do you?"
Rin shook her head. "I liked it. Doing all this stuff with each other. You might be my idiot brother, but I still really enjoyed it." Her body tensed. "Now that Riki knows, are we going to have to stop doing this stuff?"
"It's already done. Even if we stopped now, what would it matter? He already knows, and even if others find out, so what? We're not doing anything illegal. Nobody can stop us." Kyousuke swallowed, forming back the lump in his throat. "But... it's true people are going to judge us for it. That was why I wanted it to be kept secret in the first place. Who knows what we'll have to deal with if it gets out."
"I don't want to stop." Rin's voice wobbled. "I like you. I like doing all the things we've been doing together, so I don't want any of it to end. Even if Riki's mad at us... I still don't want it to be over."
"And it doesn't have to be." Kyousuke coiled his arms around her trembling body and pressed his lips to hers. "We'll keep on going no matter what, if that's what you want."
Rin nodded. "I do."
"Well then." Kyousuke smiled. "Let's keep going."